Banff and Buchan (UK Parliament constituency)

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For the Scottish Parliament constituency, see Banff and Buchan (Scottish Parliament constituency).

Banff and Buchan County constituency

Banff and Buchan shown within Scotland
Created:	1983
MP:	Alex Salmond
Party:	Scottish National Party
Type:	House of Commons
Council areas:	Aberdeenshire
EP constituency:	Scotland

Banff and Buchan is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (Westminster). In the 1980s, it was a marginal seat between the Conservatives and the Scottish National Party - although the latter has gradually built up a strong majority in recent years. From 1999 to the general election of 2005 the constituency had the same boundaries as the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood) constituency which is also called Banff and Buchan. In 2005 Westminster constituencies in Scotland were reformed and reduced in number, while Holyrood constituencies remained as they were when created in 1999.

1 Boundaries
2 Members of Parliament
3 Election results
4 See also

[edit] Boundaries

Created in 1983, this seat was at the time based on the former constituency of East Aberdeenshire. The important ports of Peterhead and Fraserburgh are the main towns in the seat, which sits to the north of Aberdeen City. In 2005, part of the Gordon constituency, including Turriff, was included in Banff and Buchan.

[edit] Members of Parliament

Preceded by Banffshire

Year		Member	Party
	1983	Albert McQuarrie	Conservative
	1987	Alex Salmond	SNP

[edit] Election results

General Election 2005: Banff and Buchan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Scottish National Party	Alex Salmond	19,044	51.2	+2.3
	Conservative	Sandy Wallace	7,207	19.4	−2.1
	Liberal Democrats	Eleanor Anderson	4,952	13.3	−0.6
	Labour	Rami Okasha	4,476	12.0	−1.5
	Christian Vote	Victor Ross	683	1.8	N/A
	UKIP	Kathleen Kemp	442	1.2	+0.3
	Scottish Socialist	Steve Will	412	1.1	−0.3
Majority			11,837	31.8
Turnout			37,216	56.8	+2.8
	Scottish National Party hold		Swing	+2.2

General Election 2001: Banff and Buchan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Scottish National Party	Alex Salmond	16,710	54.2	−1.5
	Conservative	Sandy Wallace	6,207	20.1	−3.7
	Labour	Ted Harris	4,363	14.2	+2.3
	Liberal Democrats	Douglas Herbison	2,769	9.0	+3.0
	Scottish Socialist	Alice Rowan	447	1.5	N/A
	UKIP	Eric Davidson	310	1.0	N/A
Majority			10,503	34.1
Turnout			30,806	54.4	−14.3
	Scottish National Party hold		Swing

General Election 1997: Banff and Buchan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Scottish National Party	Alex Salmond	22,409	55.77
	Conservative	William Frain-Bell	9,564	23.80
	Labour	Megan Harris	4,747	11.81
	Liberal Democrats	Neil Fletcher	2,398	5.97
	Referendum Party	Alan Buchan	1,060	2.64	N/A
Majority			10,503	34.1
Turnout			12,845	31.97
	Scottish National Party hold		Swing

General Election 1992: Banff and Buchan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Scottish National Party	Alex Salmond	21,954
	Conservative	S. Manson	17,846
	Labour	B. Balcombe	3,803
	Liberal Democrats	Mrs R. Kemp	2,588
Majority			4,108
Turnout				71.2
	Scottish National Party hold		Swing

[edit] See also

List of UK Parliamentary constituencies in Scotland

UK Parliament constituencies in Scotland
Labour	Aberdeen North \| Aberdeen South \| Airdrie and Shotts \| Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock \| Central Ayrshire \| Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill \| Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East \| Dumfries and Galloway \| Dundee West \| East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow \| East Lothian \| East Renfrewshire \| Edinburgh East \| Edinburgh North and Leith \| Edinburgh South \| Edinburgh South West \| Falkirk \| Glasgow Central \| Glasgow East \| Glasgow North \| Glasgow North West \| Glasgow South \| Glasgow South West \| Glenrothes \| Inverclyde \| Kilmarnock and Loudoun \| Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath \| Lanark and Hamilton East \| Linlithgow and East Falkirk \| Livingston \| Midlothian \| Motherwell and Wishaw \| North Ayrshire and Arran \| Ochil and South Perthshire \| Paisley and Renfrewshire North \| Paisley and Renfrewshire South \| Rutherglen and Hamilton West \| Stirling \| West Dunbartonshire
Liberal Democrat	Argyll and Bute \| Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk \| Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross \| Dunfermline and West Fife \| East Dunbartonshire \| Edinburgh West \| Gordon \| Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey \| North East Fife \| Orkney and Shetland \| Ross, Skye and Lochaber \| West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
SNP	Angus \| Banff and Buchan \| Dundee East \| Moray \| Na h-Eileanan an Iar \| Perth and North Perthshire
Conservative and Unionist	Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale
Speaker	Glasgow North East
Scotland European constituency: Labour (2) \| SNP (2) \| Conservative and Unionist (2) \| Liberal Democrats (1)